The global LNG market will be rising by 5% annually as some countries are striving to diversify gas supplies

Liquified natural gas tanker

BEIJING, May 28. /ITAR-TASS/. China will raise imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to 67 million tons until 2025 from the current 18 million tons, Gazprom Marketing & Trading Executive Director Medan Abdullah said in an interview with PRIME on Wednesday.

The global LNG market will be rising by 5% annually as some countries are striving to diversify gas supplies, including the Asian ones which do not have large pipeline networks, amid a stable growth of fuel prices, Abdullah said.

The global natural gas demand will be annually increasing by 2%, he said. Natural gas consumption in the world will rise to 4.6 trillion cubic meters by 2030 from 3.6 trillion cubic meters in 2012, he added.